Sonic Youth is an experimental rock group formed in New York City in 1981. The band consists of Thurston Moore (guitar, vocals, bass), Kim Gordon (bass, vocals, guitar), Lee Ranaldo (guitar, vocals, electric drill) and Steve Shelley (drums). Early in their career, Sonic Youth were associated with the no wave art and music scene in New York City, but they have outlasted most associated bands. Initially inspired by the experimentation of Glenn Branca and The Velvet Underground and the heavy garage rock of The Stooges, they are known for using a variety of unorthodox guitar tunings, and for applying screwdrivers, drumsticks or other preparations to guitars to alter the instruments' timbres. Members of the band have released books of poetry and prose (a beatnik influence is evident in both their writing and lyrics), produced, written and performed in films (such as "1991: The Year Punk Broke", "Perfect Partner", "(this is known as) the blues scale" and "last days"). They have staged shows of visual art, and curated the All Tomorrows Parties music festival. They've even appeared in and performed a version of the theme song for "
Álbumes
| 1 | Pattern Recognition | Sonic Nurse |
| 2 | Untitled | Washing Machine |
| 3 | Bubblegum | Evol |
| 4 | Green Light | Evol |
| 5 | French Tickler | A Thousand Leaves |
| 6 | Providence | Daydream Nation |
| 7 | The End of the End of the Ugly | Dirty [Bonus Tracks] |
| 8 | Disconnection Notice | Murray Street |
| 9 | Paper Cup Exit | Sonic Nurse |
| 10 | NYC Ghosts & Flowers | NYC Ghosts & Flowers |
| 11 | Free City Rhymes | NYC Ghosts & Flowers |
| 12 | Pink Steam | Rather Ripped |
| 13 | Quest For The Cup | Experimental Jet Set, Trash And No Star |
| 14 | Rain On Tin | Murray Street |
| 15 | Leaky Lifeboat | The Eternal |
| 16 | Mariah Carey and Arthur Doyle | Sonic Nurse |
| 17 | Tom Violence | Evol |
| 18 | Hoarfrost | A Thousand Leaves |
| 19 | Dude Ranch Nurse | Sonic Nurse |
| 20 | Sacred Trickster | The Eternal |